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by bantunes 1104 days ago
Again, if you "pass laws about whom their citizens can trade with" isn't that having jurisdiction over a foreign company?
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Not at all. They never are subject to an enforceable court decision. Your citizens, on the other hand, are.
From the point of view of the consumer, if a government passes a law saying you can't buy abroad from Company X, sure feels like jurisdiction over it.
Let's do it that way then. Problem solved.